Raghuram K❎

I keep looking but I don't have a view yet

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Jakarta, Indonesia: During the banquet lunch hosted in honour of PM Narendra Modi, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto says, "... I also want to admit to your excellency (PM Modi), I follow your career and I copy many of your programs. I don't mind admitting because if it succeeds for hundreds of millions of people with the same background as Indonesia, the same problems...India has achieved many progress. So I openly admit that I follow your career and I copy a lot of your programs. And it's proving to be successful for us. So thank you very much."

(Source: ANI/DD)

[Aravind @aravind]

The action was so swift. And message loud and clear. No wonder Assam has seen the sharpest decline in crimes in the country in recent years.

Because Himanta is applying Broken Windows Theory - even the smallest stone throw must not be let go, but be punished, and publicized. This is the biggest deterrent to crime.

A lot of issues in India, from littering to crimes to illegal immigration to online hate to fake news propaganda against the country can be solved if India takes Broken Windows Theory seriously and enforces the law or imposes the costs (to foreign actors) for the smallest violation.

Assam is showing the way.

[Prakash Dadlani @prakdadlani]

If a salaried person wants to build a software application or digital services agency, the entry barrier is virtually zero.

They just need a laptop and an internet connection.

But if the same person wants to start manufacturing...

They need:
• Land
• Factory space
• Expensive machinery
• 6-12 months of approvals
• Huge upfront capital

My suggestion to the Government of India:

Build Manufacturing Parks for first-time entrepreneurs.

Instead of selling 10-acre plots, create buildings with 500-1,000 sq. ft. ready-to-use factory units.

Every unit should come with:
• 3-phase electricity already connected
• Pollution & fire approvals already cleared
• Shared CNC machines, injection moulding, testing labs & warehouses
• Common logistics and loading docks
• Month-to-month rentals instead of land purchases
• Single online portal to book a unit within 7 days

Let engineers keep their jobs while testing manufacturing on a small scale.

We built co-working spaces for software.

It's time we built co-factories for manufacturing.
@PMOIndia @PiyushGoyal @minmsme @NITIAayog

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Taiwan solved tax evasion in 1951 with a trick so cheap it should embarrass every tax authority on the planet.

The problem was an all-cash economy full of small shops. A merchant pockets the cash, skips the receipt, and the sale never existed. Auditors can't catch what was never recorded, and hiring enough of them to watch every noodle stand costs more than the missing tax.

So finance chief Ren Xianqun flipped the incentive. Print a lottery number on every receipt. Draw winners every two months on live TV. Top prize today: NT$10 million, about $310K.

Suddenly the customer and the shopkeeper want opposite things. The merchant wants the sale off the books. The customer wants the ticket. And there are millions more customers than merchants. Every transaction now carries a built-in witness demanding the paper trail.

Year one, reported tax revenue jumped 75%, from NT$29 million to NT$51 million. Seventy-five years later, roughly 70% of Taiwanese still play. Convenience stores redeem the smallest NT$200 prizes at the register, so even a coffee receipt feels like a scratch card.

The elegant part is what the audit force costs. The prize pool runs about NT$7 billion a year, roughly $20 million. In exchange, the government gets 23 million unpaid auditors working every checkout line in the country, forever. No inspector general on earth delivers that coverage at that price.

Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Slovakia all copied it. The most effective compliance tool ever built looks like a game, and that's exactly why it works.

[Subash R @subashr232]

One thing I like very much in Mumbai is its ethics aka thozhil dharmam. I used to travel from my PG in Matunga West to office in BKC in 2009. The taxi every day showed the same amount Rs 54 to Rs 56 depending on time spend in signals and every time the taxi drivers returned that Rs 4 to Rs 6 back when I paid them Rs 60. Not a single murmur or lament or single incident of over charging. Drivers in Bglore and Chennai (worst) should take note of this professional ethics. No other city can come anywhere closer to Mumbai. That ethics makes the city all the more prosperous and God blesses it with copious rains.

[Dr Juggernaught 🔱 @vajravyuha]

The protagonist of the Mahabharata refused to go into heaven if the dog who stood by him so loyally couldn’t accompany him :)

The Heaven-Hell dichotomy is for kindergarten level religions

[Aravind @aravind]

This is what the hit job against India's manufacturing looks like. Hack first, attack next, turn world perception against Indian manufacturing. The same China simping culprits and media (Reuters, Bloomberg) spreading anti-Indian manufacturing propaganda. Read my post from April.

[SANATAN @Eternaldharma_]

Sankaracharya and the Chandala

[Krishnaraj @Krishna73674119]

பாப்பானது பதில் சொல்ல வேண்டிய அவசியம் இல்லை! என்று சர்ச்சையில் பேசி சிக்கிய ஆர் எஸ் பாரதி!
அடுத்து சிக்கப் போவது இவன்தான்...

[D Prasanth Nair @DPrasanthNair]

On Wednesday morning Sinoj, who runs a lottery shop at Kochi developed severe chest pain while driving himself to a hospital. As traffic came to a standstill, he collapsed inside the car.

Two nurses - Anjali Baiju and Ardra Raj, who were travelling in a bus, noticed the commotion on the roadside. They immediately got off the bus, rushed to the car and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

A passer by Ranjith, took over the car and drove Sinoj to the hospital. The two nurses continued CPR inside the vehicle until Sinoj reached a hospital.

Doctors said he had regained signs of recovery by the time he arrived.

Respect to the two sisters. God bless
This truly made my day

[Nandini @NBDwrites]

People like Simranjeet Singh Mann are mistaken if they think that tricking an unsuspecting person into eating something against their beliefs robs them of their faith.
It does not.
The moral failure belongs entirely to the deceiver, who must answer to his Guru for such a profound betrayal of trust.

[Sameer @BesuraTaansane]

Not a single Pakistani is saying “India is doing the right thing on IWT because we carry out terror on their soil”

But 61 retired cockroaches have come out of their fossilised shells & started pimping for Pakistan

That is the difference-India is filled with #PimpsOfPak

[Harinder S Sikka @sikka_harinder]

Sl No. 17 (pic below)
Ms. Lalita Ramdas (w/o Late Admiral L. Ramdas, Former Chief of Naval Staff)

Lalita Ramdas publicly advocates for closer India-Pakistan ties. What demands scrutiny is the following undisclosed context:

Her daughter, Kavita Ramdas married Pakistani national Zulfiqar Ahmad, reportedly s/o Paki ISI agent, that too at a time when Admiral Ramdas was in the process of taking over as Chief of Naval Staff.

Post-retirement, Admiral Ramdas associated with @AamAadmiParty, was linked to Soros Foundation funds. Lalita Ramdas too advocates positions that benefit a rogue Pakistan.

Kavita Ramdas served as Dir. of Open Society Foundations’ (OPS). It’s George Soros’s primary funding vehicle. In 2021, she made its largest ever investment of $100 M to Generation Equality Forum.

In short, father, mother & daughter play key role in advocating for the rogue state Pakistan.

“DEFINE TRAITORS”

[Subramoney.com @pvsubramanyam]

Why not keep Rs. 5000 visa fees for Bangla Hindus and Rs. 500,000 for Bangladesh Muslims?
Give back 3L when they go back....show proof of going back, and collect the refund.....

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Delhi: On letter of over 100 prominent citizens from India & Pakistan to both PMs for 'restoring peace, normalcy, dialogue', Congress MP Manish Tewari says, "It's extremely unfortunate that some people have forgotten the Baisaran massacre. It has been only 1 year 2 months and 8 days since innocent tourists where mercilessly butchered in front of their families in the name of their faith. Pakistan's perfidy, its export of terror against India, its desire for retribution to bleed India with a thousand cuts now goes back almost 5 decades when we dismembered Pakistan and created a new country called Bangladesh. So, over these 5 decades every effort that India made to reach out to Pakistan had been followed by a terror attack sponsored by Pakistan. I am really surprised as to how these very eminent people can forget this history. What do you want to talk to Pakistan about? What is it that India wants from Pakistan? The only thing India wants from Pakistan is that there should be no export of terror. So, under those circumstances this misty-eyed romanticism about wanting to normalise relaationships with a country which has been hell-bent upon creating a mayhem and terror in India is completely inexplicable, completely beyond comprehension. God alone knows where this pressure is coming from, which is that invisible hand which seems to be pressurising people in India to try and normalise..."

[Savukku Shankar @SavukkuOfficial]

பிடி குமார் என்கிற அரசகுமார்.

இந்த குமாரை எனக்கு தொண்ணூறுகளிலேயே தெரியும். எனது நண்பன் அறிவாலயம் எதிரி அப்போது இருந்த ரேமண்ட்ஸ் துணிக்கடையில் கணக்காளராக இருந்தான். அதன் உரிமையாளர் ஒரு மார்வாடி.

அப்போது அரசகுமார் பத்திரிக்கையாளர். யாருமே படிக்காத ஒரு பத்திரிக்கையை 40 காப்பி பிரிண்ட் அடித்து, அதில் பிடிக்காதவர்களை பற்றி எழுதி, அவர்களை மிரட்டி பணம் வசூல் செய்வதுதான் அவர் வேலை. அந்த கடைக்கு ஒரு நாள் அரசகுமார் வந்தார்.

1999 ம் ஆண்டு என்று நினைவு. 2500 ரூபாய்க்கு சபாரி தைக்க ரேமண்ட்ஸ் துணி எடுத்தார். எடுத்து விட்டு, இரண்டு நாட்களில் பணம் தருகிறேன். என் அலுவலகத்தில் வந்து பணம் வாங்கிக் கொள்ளுங்கள் என்று சேட்டிடம் கூறிவிட்டு சென்று விட்டார்.

இரண்டு நாட்கள் கழித்து சேட் எனது நண்பனை அரசகுமாரிடம் பணம் வாங்கிக் கொண்டு வா என்று சொன்னதும், என் நண்பர் அவர் அலுவலகத்துக்கு செல்கிறார். அரசகுமார் என் நண்பனை பார்த்து, நான் எவ்வளவு பெரிய பத்திரிகையாளர் தெரியுமா. உங்க சேட் எவ்வளவு கருப்பு பணம் வைத்திருக்கிறார் தெரியுமா. உங்க சேட்டோட கருப்பு பணம் பத்தி என் பத்திரிகையில எழுதுனா என்ன ஆகும் தெரியுமா ? யாருகிட்ட வந்து பணம் கேக்குற ? என்று சத்தம் போட்டிருக்கிறார். நண்பர் வந்து அவர் முதலாளியிடம் சொன்னதும், சேட், போய் தொலைக்கிறது. வராத கடனில் எழுதி விடு என்று விட்டு விட்டார்.

அப்போது, எனக்கு உள்ளபடியே புரியாமல் இருந்தது என்னவென்றால், சபாரி வாங்க பணம் இல்லையென்றால் ஏன் இப்படி பொய் சொல்லி, ஏமாற்றி, அயோக்கியதனம் செய்து சபாரி போட வேண்டும் ? சாதாரண உடை உடுத்தலாமே…. ஒரு உடுப்புக்காக இப்படி பொய் சொல்வார்களா; மிரட்டுவார்களா என்பது எனக்கு வியப்பாக இருந்தது. பின்னாளில் அரசகுமார் போல பலர் வாழ்கிறார்கள் என்பதை புரிந்து கொண்டேன். தெரிந்து கொண்டேன்.

2001 சட்டப்பேரவை தேர்தலில், சாதிக்கட்சி தொடங்கி பேரணி நடத்தியவர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் 5 சீட் கொடுத்தார் கருணாநிதி. ராஜகண்ணப்பன் யாதவர் கட்சி தொடங்கி 5 சீட் பெற்றார். ஏ.சி. சண்முகம் முதலியார் கட்சி தொடங்கி 5 சீட் பெற்றார். அரசகுமார் முக்குலத்தோர் கட்சியை தாமதமாக தொடங்கியதால் அவருக்கு திமுக கூட்டணியில் இடம் கிடைக்கவில்லை.

பின்னாளில் அரசகுமார் பிஜேபியிலும், பின்பு திமுகவிலும் இணைந்து பதவியும் பெற்றார். காலங்கள் ஓடினாலும் அவரின் அடிப்படை புத்தி மாறவேயில்லை. 1999 ல் சபாரிக்காக 2500 ரூபாய் ஏமாற்றியவர் 2024ல் 300 கோடி ஏமாற்றியிருக்கிறார். அவ்வளவுதான் வேறுபாடு.

[J Gopikrishnan @jgopikrishnan70]

Interesting point from PV Narasimha Rao's Book Ayodhya : 6 December 1992 - quoting file notings - December 1949 - Ram Lala Idol was placed in Babri Masjid with support of then Divisional Commissioner KK Nair (written as Nayar- But a Keralite). Rao says - that time newspapers reported in divine manner about the incident. Nehru and Patel ordered to KK Nair to remove the idols. But Nair played game by writing on files for 2 years saying - No pujari ready to remove the idol as it is placed after Pujas and only certain pujaris can only take out the Idol by demystifying it. He wrote on file - i met this particular Pujari and that Pujari and none ready to remove it by delaying for 2 years ...

And he changed colous when General Election of 1952 was announced - He just resigned from ICS and challenged Nehru to contest against him from Ayodhya. He became MLA of Ayodhya and his wife Shakuntala became first MP of Faizabad from Lok Sabha... Later he became MP also .. Then Sangh Parivar protected his next generation also as MP and MLA of Ayodhya area ... Meet KK Nair : The Unsung Hero of Ayodhya https://t.co/EmZK9UggaF

[Ilaya Bharatham @IBharatham]

வாழ்க்கை ஒரு வட்டம் சார்! அன்று யார் அப்பன் வீட்டு சொத்து இன்று அப்பனையே காணோம் | Vijay | DMK | TVK

#nirmalasitharaman | #Vijay | #udhayanidhistalin

[Ram @ramprasad_c]

The dining table is post-caste. The ballot box is hyper-caste.

Something strange is happening with caste in India. Two trends, moving in opposite directions, at the same time.

In my extended family, one generation ago, matchmaking was obsessively caste-driven. Not just Reddy but the right sub-sect of Reddy. Marriage was an exercise in sorting people into ever-narrower categories of acceptability.

One generation later, that obsession is nearly gone. The generation getting married today has moved beyond sub-sects, beyond caste altogether. They are marrying across caste lines without drama. The prior generation still mutters, still has preferences, still wishes things were different. But their children are not listening. In personal life, caste is losing its grip. Quietly, without announcements, without movements. Just young people making choices that would have been unthinkable 25 years ago.

This is a genuinely welcome development. And if this were the whole story, you could write a hopeful essay about India outgrowing its oldest disease.

But there is another story running in parallel, and it is moving in the exact opposite direction.
In political life, caste obsession is not just alive. It is surging. Especially in Andhra Pradesh, where I come from. Every caste group now has its own political organization, its own leaders, its own television presence. Kamma associations, Kapu associations, Reddy associations, Balija associations. Each one claims some version of exceptionalism. Each one argues that their community is uniquely disadvantaged, uniquely deserving, uniquely critical to the state's future. Leaders appear on news channels singing the virtues of their caste with a sincerity that would be touching if the implications were not so dangerous.

There are hoardings on every highway. Wall writings in every town. Caste pride slogans painted on bridges and bus stops. Political rallies organized not around ideology or policy but around the assertion that "our people" are not getting their fair share.

And this is not the traditional vertical division of upper versus lower caste. What is happening in Andhra and with the community in USA is increasingly horizontal. Kamma versus Kapu. Kamma versus Reddy. Kapu versus Reddy. Communities that are all politically powerful, all economically established, all well-represented, fighting each other for dominance. It is not a struggle for justice. It is a struggle for supremacy dressed in the language of victimhood.

The behavioral dichotomy here is fascinating. The same families that no longer care about caste when choosing a spouse are fiercely caste-conscious when choosing a candidate. The same young person who married across caste lines will share a WhatsApp forward about their community being sidelined in government appointments. The personal has decoupled from the political.

Why? Because the incentive structures are entirely different.

In personal life, caste has lost its utility. In urban India, the things that caste historically provided, social networks, economic access, marriage markets, community support, are now available through education, professional networks, and digital platforms. Young people do not need caste to find a partner, a job, or a community. The cost of caste rigidity (a smaller dating pool, family conflict, social isolation) has started to outweigh the benefits. So caste recedes. Not because of ideology but because of incentive shift.

In political life, the opposite is true. Caste identity has become more valuable than ever. Reservations, government contracts, political tickets, cabinet positions, these are distributed along caste lines. The incentive to organize as a caste bloc, to claim victimhood, to demand a larger share, is enormous. Every new reservation category, every caste census demand, every community-specific welfare scheme reinforces the logic that caste is the most efficient vehicle for extracting resources from the state. The more the state distributes along caste lines, the more caste solidifies as a political identity.

So you get this paradox: a society that is slowly dismantling caste in private while aggressively rebuilding it in public. The dining table is post-caste. The ballot box is hyper-caste.

I do not know which trend wins in the long run. The optimist in me says the personal always eventually reshapes the political. That a generation which does not marry by caste will eventually stop voting by caste. The realist says that as long as the state distributes power and resources through caste categories, the political incentive to organize as a caste will remain, no matter what happens at the family dinner table.
For now, we live in both Indias simultaneously. And the distance between them is growing.

[Lt Col N Thiagarajan Veteran @NTR_NationFirst]

Corruption is not just about stolen public money, it silently increases the cost of living for every family.

When black money flows into real estate, housing becomes unaffordable. Corruption in approvals, education, and healthcare drives up costs even further. The result? Young families delay marriage, postpone having children, and society pays the price.

@svembu rightly highlights that corruption is not merely an economic issue, it's a demographic and civilizational challenge. Fighting #corruption is essential for securing Tamil Nadu's future.

Together, we will expose the past, clean the present, and secure the future.

#SridharVembu #Tamilnadu #DMK